As the countdown commences for the inaugural papal visit to Mongolia in early September, the highest-ranking Vatican official in the Asian nation has characterized
A group of socially aware Buddhists in Thailand is questioning traditional notions of personal devotion to address urgent issues within their faith and extend
Outraged by the scheduled act of burning a Quran by an Iraqi man in Sweden, scores of demonstrators forcefully entered the Swedish Embassy in
The Rev. Steve Pieters, an HIV/AIDS-positive activist, made a significant impact in 1985 when he participated in an interview with televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
There were no booming cannons or lavish banquets to celebrate the late emperor’s birthday, but as the sun dipped below the horizon on July
To advance religious diversity and inclusiveness, a Muslim billionaire plans to construct a three-story mosque in a bustling entertainment district in the heart of
Religious liberty in Russia and in the occupied regions of Ukraine have been steadily and systematically eroded since the Kremlin’s invasion in 2022, reaching
“For years I was not a person. My personhood was taken away.” Grace Smith, an 81-year-old Yup’ik originally from Pitkas Point, Alaska, was describing
George Floyd’s death prompted uprisings against injustice throughout the world. That summer was marked by crowds—many of them newly aware of just how fraught
Pope Francis has endorsed a film that depicts the tale of a Catholic priest who evaded British colonial authorities during a dark period in